THE RUNNING OF THE SALMON
 

ERIC TAVERNER &
W. BARRINGTON BROWNE.
 

GEOFFREY BLES. LONDON
1954

First Edition.
Nature provides us with few things more fascinating than the story of salmon running up the rivers of their birth in spring and summer to spawn, after spending the winter months in the unknown depths of the ocean. Eric Taverner and W. Barrington Browne have combined in word and picture to describe this wonderful journey as it concerns ten salmon in British waters, from the time they leave the sea until the only survivor begins to return there again from her river; and we hear too what happens to the eggs and young fish and of their endless struggle for survival.

Illustrated with 4 four-colour and 44 monochrome pictures.
 

21 x 17 cm. 62 pp + 4 colour plates.

Very good + condition. Price clipped dust jacket has some loss at the head of the spine and rear top corner (now in protective cover). Small gift inscription on the front free endpaper but otherwise clean and tidy.